It’s nearly May and therefore it’s time for the May music calendar. As always, this is a work in progress that will be updated, so don’t forget to check back here frequently. May starts off with the first outdoor show of the season over in Hoboken.
May 1 – Hoboken Arts and Music Festival with Bern & the Brights (1pm), The Pretty Babies (2pm), The Baseball Project (3pm) and Ian Hunter (4:30 pm) – Washington Street & Observer Highway
May 1 - Marshall Crenshaw & Band performing Marshall’s self-titled album from 1982 – City Winery – 8pm
May 1 – Adam Levy – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 1 – Addie Brownlee – Sheep Station – 9pm (Short Set with Sheepish Show and Tell Variety Show)
May 2- Ulysses S. Grant – Living Room – 9pm
May 3 – Julia Haltigan – 11th Street Bar – 10pm
May 3 – Ulysses S. Grant – Rockwood Stage 2 – 10:30pm
May 5 – Milton – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm
May 5 – Hobson’s Choice – Spike Hill – 11pm
May 6 – Harper Blynn – Apple Store (w.14th St.) – 8pm
May 6 – Alejandro Escovedo and Jesse Malin – Maxwells – 9pm
May 7 – Sasha Dobson – Pete’s Candy Store – 11pm
May 8 – Entertaining Science: Brain Trauma & One Man’s Music with singer-songwriter Vince Bell and Dr. John Krakauer, Cornelia Street Cafe – 6pm
May 8 – Adam Levy – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 9 – Kinky Friedman – Highline Ballroom – doors 6pm /show 8pm
May 9 – A Tribute to Billy Joel, to benefit the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Part of the “Leave A Lasting Mark” Concert Series. With performances by Megan Cox, Craig Greenberg, Pat Firth, Chris LoPresto, Adam Minkoff, Scott Stein, Luke Wesley, Jason Wexler of Julius C, and more – Rockwood Stage 2 – 6:30pm
May 9- Ulysses S. Grant – Living Room – 9pm
May 9 – Nick Africano – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 10 – John Platt’s On Your Radar with Amy Speace, Fraser Anderson & The Winterlings - Living Room – 7-9pm
May 10 – Willie Nile – Joe’s Pub – 7pm
May 10 – Julia Haltigan – 11th Street Bar – 10pm
May 11 – Drina Seay and Homeboy Steve – Bar 82 – 9pm
May 12 – Adam Levy & the Mint Imperials – Best Buy Union Square – 6pm
May 13 – The Amygdaloids – Banjo Jim’s – 8pm
May 15 – Adam Levy – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 17 – Emily Zuzik (music set and interview)- Spike Hill – 7pm
May 17 – Aaron Lee Tasjan – 11th Street Bar – 9pm
May 17 – Julia Haltigan – 11th Street Bar – 10pm
May 19 – Two Cow Garage – Union Hall – 8pm
May 19 – Laura Cantrell – Hill Country – doors 9:30pm / show 10pm
May 19 – The Madison Square Gardeners – Rockwood Stage 2 – 11:30pm
May 21 – Teddy Thompson – City Winery – 8pm
May 21 – Garland Jeffreys – The Living Room – 9pm
May 21 – Bess Rogers- Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 21 – Allison Weiss – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
May 21 – Spanking Charlene – Lakeside Lounge – 11pm
May 22 – Adam Levy – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 24 – Radio Free Song Club featuring Victoria Williams, Freedy Johnston, Laura Cantrell, Dave Schramm, Kate Jacobs, David Mansfield, & Jody Harris – Living Room – 7-9pm
May 24 – Ursa Minor – Joe’s Pub – 7:30pm
May 24 – The Schramms – Living Room – 9pm
May 24 – Sheri Miller- Rockwood Stage 2 – 9pm
May 24 – Julia Haltigan – 11th Street Bar – 10pm
May 24 – Jesse Harris- Rockwood Stage 2 – 11pm
May 25 - The Jim Keller Band – Lakeside Lounge – 9pm
May 26 – Dylan Fest (Two Different Shows. Featuring The Cabin Down Below Band and special guests Norah Jones, Adam Green, Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis of SNL, Jesse Malin, Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes, Little Joy’s Binki Shapiro, Nicole Atkins (Thursday only), Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady, Reeve and Zane Carney, Adam Schlesinger and Jody Porter of Fountains of Wayne, Sammy James, Jr. of Mooney Suzuki, Robbers On High Street’s Ben Trokan, Steve Schiltz of Longwave & Hurricane Bells, Antony Ellis of Five O Clock Heroes, Luke Rathborne, Jack Dischel of Only Son, Josh Lattanzi of The Lemonheads & The Candles and many, many more) – Bowery Ballroom – 8pm
May 26 – Candy & Women (Li’l Mo and Drina Seay) – Banjo Jim’s – 9pm
May 26 – Drina and the Deep Blue Sea – Banjo Jim’s – 10pm
May 27- James Maddock – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7:30pm
May 27 - Teddy Thompson and Friends – City Winery – 8pm
May 27 – Dylan Fest – Bowery Ballroom – 8pm
May 28 – Caitlin Rose – Bowery Ballroom – 8pm
May 28 – The Mastersons – The Bowery Electric – 10pm
May 29 – Adam Levy – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
May 31 – Brianna Sage & Friends – Rockwood Music Hall – 7pm
Update: May 31 – Jim Boggia – Doma Cafe (17 Perry St., Greenwich Village) – 7pm
Update: May 31 – Li’l Mo and The Monocats – Banjo Jim’s – 10pm
May 31 – Julia Haltigan – 11th Street Bar – 10pm
